hey, i was in wreck wednesday, i hit car ahead of me, chain reaction with 3 cars, but being diadetic, i ddnt get hurt but my nerves were shots, has anyone expienced this sudden shock, i am still like nervous inside

I was out all day shopping and doing chores that have gone undone since I have had the flu crud stuff. Around 3 I got a call from Hubby's Aunt. She lives over on the other coast and is in a total panic. My MIL had called her 3 times today and was making absolutely no sense. Aunt called paramedics...

I have to report to jury duty next week - ugh! This is not only a major interruption of my work and family life, but I'm a bit worried about the diabetes side of things too.
How can I stay on my food & exercise routine? Are you allowed to bring snacks into the Court Chambers?
Does anybody...

Yesterday my husband and I had to drive about 65 miles to visit two different doctors for him (non D related) and since we were already going to be in this larger city than where I live (we live in a small rural community) I scheduled an MRI that my Primary Care doc wanted of my neck and lower...

I was wondering anyones findings on stress and their BG levels. I was doing fine until Friday when our dog died. Now I can't get them under control. Way way to high (365). I take 30 units of Lantus tid.

Last night I had a bad nightmare that shot my B/G over 400. I was only 182 when I took my nightly lantis injection, so had to be all stress. Was the strong sweaty, shaky nightmare I have now & again due to my PTSD. (a bad explosion I was in.) My main ? is I'm hopeing in starting on a insulin...

It's hard for me to get out at all this time of year. To bring me up I enjoy a good commedy from time to time and wandering if anyone has seen one they would like to share. some of the best ones I saw are "What About Bob", "Anger Management", "Meet the Parents", "Meet the Fockers", "Gone Fish'n",...

how many of you out there are responsible for watching over someone when you would have liked a little looking after yourself. i have watched my husband progressively getting worse and it is causing me a great deal of stress! how do you cope?

What I would love are some practicle ways to reduce stress on a more perminent level. I exercise and try to distract my mind with other things, but at night, when all is quite and it is just me and my brain....we fight! LOL

For diabetics there are a lot of fear factors surrounding the disease. blindness, loss of limbs, kidney problems, stroke, and so on.
Personally, when I started to read about diabetes I became very scared of what "could" happen.
I hope this thread will help others in some way. What is your worst...

Hey Guys,
I've been checking in to a hotline or some immediate help for anyone depressed or feeling really stressed out with their diabetes.
No 24/7 hotline, but I did find this resource to suggest:
http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103451
This is from JDRF -- a group of 100+ cyber...

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